The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor and adeno-associated virus mediated brain derived neurotrophic factor on neurogenic and vasculogenic erectile dysfunction induced by hyperlipidemia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1577-1581

  Gholami, Shahram S ^a   Rogers, Rodman ^a   Chang, Johnny ^a   Ho, Hoa Chung ^a   Grazziottin, Tulio ^a   Lin, Ching Shwun ^a   Lue, Tom F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Endothelial growth factors; Hyperlipidemia; Impotence; Rats, Sprague Dawley

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BUFFER; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEEDING; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MYOFILAMENT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037376430     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000055120.73261.76     Document Type: Article

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